A Farm Journal ~ 1st to the 20th October 1869 ...

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby. 

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

John Bayliff Bowman is fourth from the left in the photo below ...

 

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6 - 1st 10 Month] Fine day heavy rain last night shower at noon chain harrow[e]d manure at S.H. plough[in]g & working at Mill - we have had very heavy rain with a great deal of thunder & lightning corn out looks weather & some sprouting

 

to 7 day 9 Showery & close muddling weather - finer

 

4, 5 & 6 lead Watricle & fin[ishe]d top field lead Far piece S.H. Thrash[e]d etc thatching cows at S.H. have tick from some sows bo[ugh]t at B[akewe]ll 

 

to 4 - 20 Showery dried oats & gr[oun]d into pig meal thatch[e]d filled pudding pie in Willow-field & lighted [sic] & began Moss field pie - cows at S.H. about well again very severe frosts last night & one before very cold N. winds give cows at S.H. turnips & feed of grains & hay night & morn[in]g - Uncle & Aunt Wilson here - been to Middleton today - sold J.Harrison 7 fat pigs & 2 lame theaves 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 15th April 1867

My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.

The Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or S.H.]

In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.

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2 - 1st - 4 Mo[nth] Very fine day at Bakewell savings bank bo[ugh]t 5 pigs 25/-

 

3 - 2 plough[in]g etc

 

4 - 3 Fine day self with Father & co[usin] E. from Ashford to C[hesterfield] M[onthly] M[eeting]

 

5 - 4 Fine but very windy sow[e]d few oats broadcast in Watricle

 

6 - 5 Wet Stormy weather very windy to 1 - 7 Fine day

 

2 - 8 Stormy wet day

 

3 - 9 Very windy & wet at times lambing goes on slowly but pretty successful no ewes poorly a few lambs ger [?] - from cold I expect lost 3 & calf died of same complaint - 2 others cured with mint tea

 

4 - 10 Fine day sow[e]d part of Watricle

 

5 - 11 Very windy & wet morn[in]g fine aft[ernoo]n plough[in]g turnip gr[oun]d etc. S.A. & I by Middleton to B[akewe]ll S.A. to Nott[ingha]m

 

6 - 12 Fine day sow[e]d rem[ainde]r of Watricle with old bl[ac]k oats bo[ugh]t of Tho[ma]s Harrison Monyash 1/6 p[e]r stone - 9 st[ones] nett

 

7 - 13 Showery - Jesse with Ebens man to fetch hay

 

1 - 14 fine

 

2 - 15 Fine aft[ernoo]n very windy & wet morn[in]g to B[akewe]ll market open for Cattle 1st time - sheep & pigs low - bo[ugh]t 10 good strong stores 24/- self to Nott[ingha]m with W[illia]m